Meginn v. Ramsdell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the defendants, James A. P. Eamsdell and others, individually and as trustees, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 12th day of January, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,800, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1914, denying defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
Plaintiff’s complaint is based upon an allegation that defendants negligently permitted their walks and approaches to the ferry house to become smooth and icy, and not upon any defective construction thereof. In addition, plaintiff’s own testimony is to the effect that the walk was icy at the spot where she fell, and this was twice repeated. It appears without dispute that snow and sleet had fallen on the morning in question, and it had only ceased storming about an hour before the accident.
The rule applicable to defendants is the use of reasonable care in the maintenance of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelly v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Griffith v. American Bridge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Weldon v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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